What do you think is the worst city centre in the UK and why?

[OneLilacHedgehog]

So many cities have gone downhill since COVID. But which is the worst?

Oh dear God, I read that quickly as a loud shagging match. And thought you meant that in the entrance of the tube station two homeless people in a tent were having a loud love making session with zero care for passing commuters and really giving it their all!!!

It’s a statement of fact. Whoever complained about my earlier post, I suggest they take it up with the Indian nationals who made the observation about demographic change here.

What do you think makes a town English? It’s not just a word. It’s the people, the culture and their history.

If you import millions from other continents and wholesale change the demographic of a town, of course the town becomes Asian rather than English. Despite the polite, and initially well-meaning fiction, people do not suddenly change culture and become part of another one quickly. The ancient world had it right, generalising on three generations - that’s assuming there is actually any will to integrate, and of course in many cases there is not. In many cases more people are arriving here because there is a large group of their own culture that they can be part of, it’s not a foreign country anymore.

I think the Spanish fishermen of Benidorm will agree with you, given the changes there!